By Lauren Sherman Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011 / 10:41 AMChristian Lacroix may have left his namesake house, but he’s far from through with design. Most recently, the famous couturier teamed up with Barcelona high street brand Desigual on a collection of intricate ensembles for Fall 2011.The clothes will hit Desigual stores in UK, Germany, and Spain on July 11. We’re trying to find out whether or not they’ll be available online for US customers. Click through to see key looks from the collection, as well as a group of Monsieur Lacroix’s sketches.

This news shud make me happy but it just makes me sad. He shud be out there showing couture and he's now doing clothes for Desigual.

I love the Desigual coats, fantastic pieces! And I love most of the handbags. Their focus on details is great, all those patches and different materials and patches and florals, it's colorful and fun. I would love to see more of Lacroix's work for them, I think it's a good match.
But maaan, I hate that the brand got so popular around here lately, I mean, yaaay for them, but it's so annoying when every second girl in the city wears Desigual. Even worse when you see they're wearing the low-priced discount-copies. I agree that some of their designs are too "loud" but if you combine it with uni-colors they make a great accessoire. If you're wearing it from head to toe it's worse.

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